Windale housing sale moving ahead

The State Government is pressing ahead with plans to refurbish and sell almost 60 townhouses at Windale.

Last month it announced a 10-year plan for Windale, which included the redevelopment of the public housing units to revamp the suburb's tarnished image.

The Government is now looking for a real estate agent to market and sell the dilapidated units.

Housing Minister, Frank Terenzini says it is the first of several steps in the suburb's transformation strategy.

"We're talking to private developers who want to buy these outdated townhouses and look at innovative ways to refurbish them and then put them back on the private market for both private ownership, private occupation and also affordable housing," he said.

"Then we can sell them at a discount to people who want to break into the housing market."

But, he's assuring existing tenants they won't be forced out of their homes.

"The current tenants needn't worry at all," he said.

"This is a very first step, there is a while to go but I can assure those tenants that we'll work very closely with them in that process.

"We've been very successful with Housing NSW to work with tenants for relocation and most of the time the tenants have welcomed the opportunity to take up residence in other areas knowing that they've got the option to come back."